2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan

beach accesses in a safe and environmentally sustainable condition and allow Council to respond
to the changeable environment of the dunes and beach, including the slow changes of gradual
dune building, and sudden changes like the erosion after Cyclone Debbie in 2017.


Beach access and community infrastructure management
Beach access management involves several branches of Council. Track, handrail and community
infrastructure construction, management and upgrade is managed by Civil and Asset Operations
and Infrastructure Planning, Design and Delivery in Infrastructure Services. Grass and
groundcover maintenance alongside the access is managed by Parks in Infrastructure Services.
over hanging trees, surrounding bushland maintenance and coordination of Bushcare volunteers
(who often work from and on beach accesses) are managed by Natural Areas in Environmental
Services.


Emergency access
During recent natural disasters it became clear Council could benefit from improved emergency
access to Noosa’s beaches. Most beach accesses are inaccessible to even small All-Terrain
Vehicles. Access for light vehicles, large machinery or large trucks is very problematic. Even where
the accesses would otherwise be suitable, community infrastructure in nearby open spaces, road
reserves, or along the beach accesses complicate or entirely prevents their use by large or long
vehicles and machinery. Restricted access means more machinery movements along longer
lengths of beaches, with accompanying budget, environmental and beach user impacts. Identifying
a few simple, short beach accesses that could be modified to allow large machinery and small
vehicle access could help resolve this issue. Consideration of accompanying budget, as well as
environmental and beach user impacts is needed to better understand the costs and benefits of
improved emergency beach access.


EBFMP Management actions
The following actions are identified for implementation:

 Action                                           Responsible party        Resources       Due date
                                                                                           and status
 12.1. Ensure equitable access to a range of      Environmental            Within
 recreational and natural areas experiences,      Services                 existing    Ongoing
 distributed across the EBFR                      Infrastructure           operational
                                                  Services                 expenditure
                                                  Community Services
 12.2. Conduct a review of existing beach         Environmental            Design          2022/23
 accesses, viewing platforms, signage,            Services                 grant
 fencing, seat and other community coastal        Infrastructure           secured
 infrastructure, in line with Noosa Design        Services
 Principles

 Review elements include; classification,
 location, use, construction and
 maintenance, environmental impacts and
 defects, over use and new or moved beach
 accesses if needed

 12.3 Develop design standards for beach          Infrastructure           Subject to      2023/24
 accesses and coastal community                   Services                 future          ongoing
 infrastructure components                                                 budgets



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